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My cake wasn't fully covered with mycelium but I birthed it anyway, cos it had been a month and I was anxious.

(it was my second try - the first one got green mould)

Anyway, it's been sitting in the fruiting chamber for 5 days now, and is coming along quite nicely, lots o nice fluffy fuzz. Although there were some green spots growing on the top of the cake, so I cut them out and off with a razor blade

My question is: Is there anything I can do with the mycelium as it is? Blend it up and add it to more verm/water?

Are there any other methods of growing mushrooms from a spore syringe?

Quote: My cake wasn't fully covered with mycelium but I birthed it anyway, cos it had been a month and I was anxious.

This was a bad idea. By birthing the cake before it's fully colonized, you risk contamination of the uncolonized portions.

Quote:(it was my second try - the first one got green mould)

When did your first attempt contaminate? Before or after birthing. Did you wait until 100% colonization?

Quote: Although there were some green spots growing on the top of the cake, so I cut them out and off with a razor blade

You probably shouldn't eat any mushrooms off that cake. Getting horribly sick in the middle of a trip would be very, very unpleasant.

Quote:My question is: Is there anything I can do with the mycelium as it is? Blend it up and add it to more verm/water?

If you mean making up more substrate with the mycelium, that wouldn't work because you'd have to sterilize the substrate, killing the mycelium.

Quote:Are there any other methods of growing mushrooms from a spore syringe?

There are lots of methods, but if you don't have the patience to perform the simplest one (the PF Tek), it doesn't seem likely you'll succeed with any of the others.

Good luck!

-Diploid

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